Is this the Juno thread?

i cant believe how much kimya dawson they crammed into this bullshit

― bell_labs, Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:44 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

So I saw Jennifer's Body last night. Diablo Cody is still up to her slangy dialog writing tricks, which blunted the impact of any horror movie scares the movie might have had. But as a comedy it made for a mildly amusing, enjoyable watch, even if not very LOL. I found the friction between the two tones interesting and it made me a fan of her style.

Also, Megan Fox really surprised me with how good an actress she is. But is it good acting, casting, or directing? and is there really much of a difference in all those things?

after pro-deregulation corporatism diguised as satire thank u for smoking and pro-life disguised as indie flick juno what right wing position will jason reitman make hip in his next movie?

― and what, Monday, January 7, 2008 5:56 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://www.movieline.com/2009/12/jason-reitman-succumbs-to-gay-panic-inflated-self-regard-in-brush-with-tom-ford-infers-ny-times.php

was that article written by a manic gerbil

xp, cocaine is a terrible drug

talking about reitman there, not the (weird) journalist

i rank this up there with 500 days of summer (which was even worse) as the film with the most cloyingly overplayed references to its characters' love of indie rock

yeah... you're right. i was able to ignore it in juno though, while the bile kept rising as I watched 500 days

id have liked juno more if she was into t pain

do not watch nick and norahs infinite playlist

I recently passed by the Milk and Honey store in Port Coquitlam where some of this movie was filmed. It's now gone - closed down after about 40 years. However there's a tattoo place close by called "Ink and Honey".

What a piece of shit movie. Fake cleverness, piss-poor dialogue masquerading as edgy, annoying and dislikable characters, and forced preciousness. Also that one song is a total rip-off of "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" from Oklahoma.

was at a video rental place the other day, and the clerk was watching the last act of juno. i'd been on the fence about the film at the time of its release and have halfheartedly defended it since, but holy shit is it grating! i sincerely regret anything nice i might ever have said about it. ellen page's performance is horribly forced, and the dialogue an agonizing parade of desperate would-be cleverness. oh god, and the saccharine, cutie-pie nonsense music, it never stops. the whole thing is trying so hard in every moment to be smart, hip and endearing that it becomes a terrible form of abuse. the worst part was that i had come into the store near the end of the film and was glad when it was over, only to have the dude start the damn thing up again, like he was studying it. chased me right back out into the street (which may have been the point, i dunno).

it's hard to believe that so many people see this movie as an honest statement

Also that one song is a total rip-off of "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" from Oklahoma.

holy crap, I never noticed that, you are correct

The best part of this whole movie was JK Simmons but he's pretty much the best period.

now that's a dude with some range

<3 him

how does bullshit like this get made? it seems like it was written by a self-described clever 13 year old who's, like, totally into theater

Dreadful, twee horseshit marketed to "indie" types that fratboys watch to look smart and housewives watch to look hip

Eeek. I was an asshole on this thread. Sorry, guys.

how does bullshit like this get made? it seems like it was written by a self-described clever 13 year old who's, like, totally into theater

― /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\||||||( *__* )||||||/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ (res), Wednesday, December 22, 2010 9:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Budget $6.5—$7 million
Gross revenue $231,411,584

Eeek. I was an asshole on this thread. Sorry, guys.

Totally justified.

Budget $6.5—$7 million
Gross revenue $231,411,584

this just makes me angry.

this isnt a bad movie - like, it's not for me at all, but i expected it to be a lot worse - thought the jen garner character was pretty well handled

had NO idea it made that much money though. i knew it was pretty successful but jesus.

yeah, Jesus was more successful.

it seems like it was written by a self-described clever 13 year old who's, like, totally into theater

i can't fathom why it got oscar love, but part of the reason I can't hate this movie hardcore is that I'm down with those precocious teens getting a movie catered directly to them

Jennifer's Body, now there was a piece of shit

the 21-gun salute the academy gave john hughes makes a lot more sense after giving this best screenplay

Yeah, I didn't think this was horrible or anything. I just wasn't really into it. Plus, I really hate Ellen Page. That might have had something to do with it.

i can't fathom why it got oscar love, but part of the reason I can't hate this movie hardcore is that I'm down with those precocious teens getting a movie catered directly to them

― da croupier, Thursday, 23 December 2010 13:15 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

see i'd be fine if this at all sounded or acted like teenagers. but wtf was the dialogue? most of the characters sounded like they had a mental disability. it was like cody watched buffy, decided that wasn't enough and tried to do uber whedon dialogue and forgot to make any of it sound logical or make sense.

i don't care that this movie was twee, or lol pro-life or whatever. i just wish that for a precocious teen movie is should have been written to at least be like precocious teens and not some old skank strippers idea of what precocious teens sound like.

geez

lol harsh. However, I'd have to watch it again but I think I kind of agree with that. I remember the dialogue bugging the shit out of me and thinking "nobody talks like that!".

yeah the dialogue is not good, but lol @ ppl who save their rage and vitriol for fuckin' juno

yeah I'm a little worried about a hoy hoy tbh that is a whole lotta anger for what basically amounts to one silly little movie

ha. i wrote that drinking tea. not anger, just... eurgh.

watching this with my grandmother

'one doodle that can't be undid, homeskillet'

homeskillet?

omg they just said 'honest to blog'

'honest to blog'

^^^unforgivable.

I didn't hate this movie at the time (altho I didn't particularly like it either) but I hate it more in retrospect

How can anyone watch this without going nuclear

grandmama has pretty advanced dementia [via not knowing who the f i am] so it's kind of washing over her

I started the Juno thread.

this should've ended with j jonah jameson bashing her to death with her faggot burgerphone

― candice spergin (cankles)

I'm sorry...must post

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-10/426395/trollin%20ellen.jpg

With that out of the way, I have to concur w/call all destroyer & ENBB. It seems like there are bigger crimes against cinema than this.

God I hate this movie Jason Reitman!

ive not seen this shit but i side w/those who deem it A FELONY!

oh and convincing the world she was a stripper is the greatest trick diablo cody ever pulled - jobs held for writing research purposes do not count

I didn't hate this movie at the time (altho I didn't particularly like it either) but I hate it more in retrospect

OTM.

this isnt a bad movie - like, it's not for me at all, but i expected it to be a lot worse

otm. Finally saw it last year. My first introduction was a clip of the dialog played in an NPR review and I thought it had to be the nadir of everything ever, but there you go.

It seems like there are bigger crimes against cinema than this.

few. i'm totally onboard with the Juno rage. this movie is actively irritating.